Creativity
The old shit doesn't work anymore
Last week I was on the phone with the head of a record label I respect. At the start of
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Ideas
Metablogging
One of the key internal rituals we adopted early on at Metalabel is something we call metablogging: internally public blogs
Ideas
Dreams, premonitions, and the long self with author Eric Wargo
INTERVIEWEE: Eric Wargo
BACKGROUND: Author, Time Loops and Precognitive Dreamwork and the Long Self
TOPIC: Dreams, premonitions, and the long
Ideas
Playing infinite games with artist Hank Willis Thomas
Interviewee: Hank Willis Thomas
Background: Conceptual artist shown at the Guggenheim, MoMA, Whitney
Topic: Playing infinite games
Listen: On the
Music
Introducing Cozy Cozy
There’s a special feeling that comes from taking joy in doing something you’re not especially good at. It’
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Life after reading "The Uninhabitable Earth"
My family and I have been on holiday, which has been wonderful except I started the trip by reading David
Bentoism
This Could Be Our Future
On October 29, Viking/Penguin Books will publish This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World.
Kickstarter
Smell the smell
In March of 2013 I flew to Los Angeles on short notice.
It was two days after the Veronica Mars
Creativity
Nine books that moved me
When I was a music critic, the end of the year was a banner time. I spent Decembers making lists
Writing
Habits and gear
Until recently I felt too busy to think about how I was getting things done. It was all about crossing
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Reading list
Here are the books I read during the month of August.
NONFICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH
Beatles ’66
by Steve
Creativity
Adam Curtis on the Dangers of Self Expression
A piece I did with the journalist for The Creative Independent in 2017.
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"A Better Views," Drake
The new Drake album, Views, was released two weeks ago to reviews ranging from critical to tepid. Most of the
Entrepreneurship
Resist and thrive
Last week I gave this talk at Web Summit in Dublin. It’s a first-draft of thoughts that I felt
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Rough Guide to Bill Callahan
There’s no musician I’ve listened to more over the past two years than Bill Callahan. From his solo
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Life and leadership lessons from Dungeons & Dragons
Last year I started playing Dungeons & Dragons for the first time. As a D&D newbie I was
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"The Curfew," Jesse Ball
Today I read a book by someone I know. To call him a friend would overstate it, but we’ve
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The Staircase
The last half hour of The Staircase, an eight-hour Sundance documentary about the murder trial of novelist Michael Peterson by